From owner-freebsd-current Sun Feb 14 01:03:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA05026 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 01:03:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from k6n1.znh.org ([207.109.235.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA05020 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 01:03:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zach@uffdaonline.net) Received: (from zach@localhost) by k6n1.znh.org (8.9.2/8.9.1) id JAA04412; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 09:00:44 GMT (envelope-from zach) Message-ID: <19990214030044.B3920@znh.org> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 03:00:44 -0600 From: Zach Heilig To: Leif Neland Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall & rc.conf References: <49138.918968783@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Leif Neland on Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 07:14:26AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 07:14:26AM +0100, Leif Neland wrote: > On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty. It's the anti-POLA! ;) > > That's "POMA" :) > Could somebody tell me the meaning of those acronyms? POLA -> Policy? Of Least Astonishment POMA -> " " Most " (seems jkh just made this one up :-) anyway, the intent should be clear now. -- Zach Heilig / Zach Heilig "Americans are sensitive about their money, and since this was the first major change in the greenback in nearly 70 years, a radical redesign might have been too much for consumers to comprehend" -- John Iddings [COINage, Feb. 1999]. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message